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Searchresult: "Searching for a Needle in a Needle Stack""Searching for a Needle in a Needle Stack" Date: 18.03.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Which structures of cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPV) are promising targets for developing a therapeutic vaccine? Which markers can be found in the blood of pancreatic cancer patients?…
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Searchresult: Not by Chance: Risk Factor Discovered for Cancer-Specific MutationNot by Chance: Risk Factor Discovered for Cancer-Specific Mutation Date: 18.03.2013 Press release content type: Press release
In multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, there are two "spelling variations" of the gene coding for the cyclin D1 protein. One of them increases the risk for a specific mutation in which…
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Searchresult: Brain Cancer in Children and Young AdultsBrain Cancer in Children and Young Adults Date: 14.03.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Specialists for pediatric brain tumors from all over Germany will meet in Heidelberg on March 15 and 16 to discuss current diagnosis and treatment options for young patients. Internationally renowned…
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Searchresult: Strong Through Knowledge
The Cancer Information Service (KID) of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), as a National Reference Center for Cancer Information, advances public health…
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Searchresult: "Better" Hormones Through Diet and Exercise"Better" Hormones Through Diet and Exercise Date: 05.03.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Weight loss – by change in diet or in combination with physical exercise – has a positive impact on the production of adipose tissue hormones: Adipose cells produce less leptin but, instead, more…
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Searchresult: Study Confirms Safety of Colonoscopy
March’s Colon Cancer Awareness Month is about encouraging more people to get tested for colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy is the most reliable screening test. A current study from the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Smoking Cessation in Old Age: Less Heart Attacks and Strokes Within Only Five YearsSmoking Cessation in Old Age: Less Heart Attacks and Strokes Within Only Five Years Date: 20.02.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Smokers increase their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke with every cigarette they smoke. Conversely, those who quit smoking even at an advanced age will have a considerable…
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Searchresult: RNA promotes metastasis in lung cancer
MALAT1, an RNA molecule, is a marker for progression of lung cancer. Heidelberg researchers have now found out that MALAT1 activates metastasis-promoting genes in cancer cells. In mice, blocking of…
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Searchresult: Gene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant MelanomaGene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant Melanoma Date: 25.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and from University Duisburg-Essen have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of malignant melanoma: a gene mutation that leads to overactive…
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Searchresult: Even Late-Onset Cancer in Parents Increases Cancer Risk in OffspringEven Late-Onset Cancer in Parents Increases Cancer Risk in Offspring Date: 22.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have found out that even if a parent gets cancer at an old age, the cancer risk of their offspring increases.…
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